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I've got a diary up at Big Orange about the windpower project involving schools that I put up in the open thread yesterday.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:00:00 PM EST
Couldn't respond yesterday, cuil (or google) community wind, add Minnesota or Dan Juhl. There's a whole program of various versions of community wind financing.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:17:02 PM EST
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Or contact Lisa Daniels

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:18:54 PM EST
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I wish I had more time to throw it together, but I'm sort of playing hookey, not doing what I should to write it up in the first place.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I'm disappointed at the knee jerk reactions. Socialistic?

Seriously?

Like I said there, how do people think that rural areas in the US finally got electricity?  Or all those dams in the 1930s were built?

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:25:22 PM EST
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I think the socialistic response was trying to anticipate the GOP chorus of negativity. That's exactly what they'd say, and they'd slag of the hoover dam too.

If it comes from a Dem it's just wrong.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:29:35 PM EST
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I read it as plain snark.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 05:22:32 PM EST
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I thought "socialistic" was snark, but DKos always surprises me...
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:33:36 PM EST
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Bit of a hostile reception too. V strange. Maybe wind power projects have to come from JaP before they're accepted on dkos.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:26:49 PM EST
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I was really short on details, so maybe that's part of it.

But the kneejerk anti-wind sentiment always strikes me.

What's really disappointing is the total disbelief that a major expansion of wind power could drive electric prices down.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 04:23:47 PM EST
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ManfromMiddletown:
What's really disappointing is the total disbelief that a major expansion of wind power could drive electric prices down.

mission accomplished!

down with bird-blenders, they make us dependent on dirty foreign wind! (and solar electric doesn't work)

no, virginia, the public is much too intelligent and aware to allow propaganda to affect its judgment.

alt energy brings down the price of energy to the public, which is proof of its satanic socialist intentions.

the barble said 'trust in authority', and i trust our corporate overlords to always do the right thing for us. after all, they love and care for us womb to tomb, how could they ever betray our trust in their entirely benign contributions to making our lives so privileged and comfortable?

they are rational actors, after all. if they say coal/nukes are they way forward, ours not to reason why.

better living through brain chemistry, read-ya mead-ya daily, don't let those stalinist hitler commie fascist libruls tell you how to live. death camps are next!

our asthma/cancer rates are the envy of the world, we are free! choke and gag, but wave that flag! think of the baby birds!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 12:58:28 AM EST
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rational actors

e.g. I'm a prick, you're a prick, and that's ok.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 10:42:43 AM EST
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once you make it past the little speed bump of morality, you're in like flynn. come on in out of the cold, join the winners' club, you know you want to...

embrace your dark side!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 01:25:24 PM EST
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